First Flight of Australia's Wedgetail AEW&C

alert5

22 May 04, 11:49

Boeing Conducts Successful First Flight of Australia's 737 Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft

A new era in airborne surveillance and command and control began today with the successful first flight of the Boeing 737 airborne early warning and control, or AEW&C aircraft for AustraliaÂ’s Project Wedgetail.

alert5

22 May 04, 11:50

cavsg

22 May 04, 12:13

what is that little basket attached via a cable to the rudder when the a/c is flight for?

Langley

23 May 04, 11:06

Article says it has a non-rotating radome. So is this an Aegis-type system with simultaneous 360 degree coverage?

cavsg

23 May 04, 19:10

yes, electronic scanned radar, at each end of the aircraft is the AN/AAQ-24(V) Infrared Countermeasure

http://www.dsd.es.northropgrumman.com/dircm/ANAAQ24.html

eurofighter

24 May 04, 01:23

Originally posted by cavsg:
what is that little basket attached via a cable to the rudder when the a/c is flight for?

Could it be an equipment to collect flight data since it is still in the testing phase?